Why moral philosophers are not and should not be moral experts

Bioethics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 119-127

  Archard, David ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Common sense morality; Democracy; Disagreement; Expertise; Objectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CONFLICT; ETHICIST; HUMAN; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICISTS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MORALS; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 79551507232     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01748.x     Document Type: Article

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31. I am grateful to an anonymous reviewer for helpful suggestions in improving this paper.